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Robert Redford in his golden boy era is perfectly cast as the prospective candidate for California senator in the insightful Oscar-winning 1972 political drama film The Candidate. ‘Too Handsome. Too Young. Too Liberal. Doesn’t have […]
James Mason is back in 1944 as the hissable villain that the British public of the day so much enjoyed, relishing being beastly again to Phyllis Calvert – just as he was in The Man […]
Director Frank Capra’s scintillating 1948 political comedy drama provides a first-rate vehicle for the screen and real-life team of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The fifth Tracy-Hepburn movie, it got strong reviews and did nicely at the box office. While […]
Director Robert Z Leonard’s 1931 MGM drama is notable for starring the king and queen of Thirties Hollywood in their only screen pairing. Naturally Greta Garbo and Clark Gable make a must-see team in this […]
Director John Ford’s well-staged, effectively acted and involving if rather cosy and cuddly 1958 political drama The Last Hurrah is the second of his three distinguished films with young star Jeffrey Hunter, following The Searchers […]
Writer-director Paolo Sorrentino’s striking and informative, surreal biopic of controversial Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, showcases an uncanny, quite spooky performance by Toni Servillo as the nonogenarian ‘divine’ who was Italian prime minister seven times between […]
Writer-director Robert Rossen’s 1949 drama stars Broderick Crawford, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as decent but ambitious Southern politician Willie Stark. But he loses his scruples climbing up the ladder to political success as […]